Cheese-cutter



No. 828,437. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

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No. 828,437. PATENTBD AUG. 14, 1906. W. F. STIMPSON.

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W'ALTER F. STIMPSON, 0F ETRCH'I, MICHTGAN.

` CHEESE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14. 1906.

Application tiled September 13, 1904. Serial Nn. 224.277.

To all whom, it vwl/ 1f concern,.-

Be itknown that I, WALTER F. Srmrson, a citizen of the United Stat-es, residin at Detroit, in the count;Y of Wayne and tate of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful In'iprovern'ents in Cheese-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference beingr had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in an improvement in cheese-cutters; and it consists particolari f in the construction of a cheese-cutter whic has means for moving the cheese in relation to the knife, combined with a price-chart, so that the value of the che-ese at any desired price per pound is accurately given at the same time thatl the pro er quant-ity is moved beneath the knife to lbe. severed from the body of the cheese.

The invention further consists in the particular construction of the actuating means for the cheese and the connection between the actuating means and the price-chart, including an indicator which may be setto move across the chart for each movement of the actuating-lever, notwithstanding that the actuating-lever maj;v move different distances.

The invention further consists in the construction of a cover and its supporting means, and, further, in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a pla-n of my improved device, various parts being broken awayv to illustrate the construction of the actuating-lever and price-chart.. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section, showing` the cover and knife in full and dotted lines in different positions. Fig. 3 is an enlarged planof the outer end of the actuatinglever. Fig. 4 is a. cross-section on line 4 i of Fig. 3. Fig. .5 is a erspective view of the inner end of the indicator-arm, showing the parts by means of which the indicator-arm is connected to the actuatinU-lever and the means b v which the desired` adjustment is obtained between the two. Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan of thc price-chart. Fig. is a perspective view of thc adjustable index adapted to hc used in connection with thc ronstrluztion shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a sido elevation of the outer end of the pricechart looking: from the right-hand sido` to illustrato thc construction of llic clamping:r

means. Fig. 9 is a pian view of the clutch for connecting the operating-lever to the cheese-plate.

A re resents the buse, which has the top A. T 's top has the central dish-shaped ortion B formed within the annular flange The hase and the top are preferably cast in asin le piece.

C is t e oheeselate, of a size to fit within the fia-nge B. T iis cheese-plate has an annular groove on its under face, in which is put a ring, a, preferably of rubber. The cheese-plate rests upon the disk b which has a marginal flange c, upon which the rubber ring a is adapted to rest. The cheese-plate is provided with the cent-ral recess, in which the upwardly-extending hub d of the disk b is adapted to engage for the purpose of centering the plate and preventing lateral disengaO-enlent of the piate from the disk` The diskz is secured to the vertical shaft D.

D is a wheel secured to the shaft D below the disk b and is provided with a series of inclined notches E, in which are the awls d', backed by springs d. Surroun ing the wheel D' is an annular flange F and a circular plate F'. This plate is secured at its hub portion to an actuating-lever G. The shaft projects below the actuatin -lever and through the split sleeve H, whic is provided at its sides with the ears H', secured to the bottom face of the port-ion B of the base. This split sleeve is provided with laterallyprojectinelugs e, having a clamping-bolt h passing therethrough, so that the ring may e clamped to the shaft to produce more or less frictlonai resistance to the rot ation of the shaft.

I is a ball-race formed beneath the disk b, having suitable balls i therein upon which the disk is supported.

lVithout further description it will be obvious that the. rocking of' the level' G back and forth will rock the plate F and llange F and, through the puwl-olutch ci', will par' tially rotate the wheel D' in one direction and slide over that plu-tc in the rcvcrsc direction wit-houta rotation. The choose-plato resting with its full wright on thc rubber ring fr, o|1 the disk I; will likewise iw rotnlod purt-in-lly at ouch rcciprocntion of tho lover, and likewise the choose J will bo movcd with the plut-(utile choc-so lining su ported in ihr usual nmnnor on top oi thc ('llwcsc-plntl. While thc disk b will bc positively driven, tho

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erting enough power to overcome the fric cheese-plate is driven only because of thel frictional contact between thc llauge c and g the rubber ring a. The object ol' this so l that under all Ordinar)r circumstances the cheesaplate will be driven forward positively l because of its frictional engagement; but if by any chance the cheese is moved farther than desired the operator b v grasping the cheese or the cheese-plate can move it. backward, in which case the cheese-plate will slide over the disk b, the operator simply extional engagement between the two parts.

By laving the top C a solid plate and employing a cover, which I will hereinafter describe, air is prevented from getting to the cheese either from underneath or rom on likt, the rear of the base is a tubular stand' ard K, having a lateral arm k at. the upper end and provided with suitable sheaves l, over which runs a cord l. This cord is connected at one end to the cylindrical cover L and at the other end is provided with a counterweight. L'. This cover I preferably make of glass and provide it.- at one end with aguide-bracket m, sliding in guideways m on the inner face of the standard K.

M is a knife of usual construction attached to a bracket M at the rear of the base and within the cover in the closed position there of, as shown in F ig. 2, the top A' being notched beneath the knife, so that the lever may rest below the cover I., as shown.

The lever G s provided'with a suitable handle a and is also provided with a scale o, which scale represents the weight of the whole cheese before cutting. Slidingly adjustable on the lever a stop-plate P, which. may be clamped at angr point of adjust-ment b'umeans of the clamping-nut P', Fig. 4. T 's stop-plate has an inclined edge Q. The lever and the st-oplate work in a slot Q in the base, and by a justing thc stop in or out and clamping it in its adjusted position the amount of throw of the. lever in the slot can be varied, the inclined edge Q limitinlr the throw of the plate to the right, and it being obvious that as that plate is adjusted inward there will be a corres ondin" decrease, and b v adjust-ing it outwar the t irow of'the lever will be increased. 1 is the rice-chart, which is mounted on the base A, raving a. series ol segmental lines .2 thereon, each of which is rovided with an intermediate graduation 3.

elow these price-graduations and at the outer edge of the plate is another segmental line 4, having graduations 5, indicating fractions of a pound. In this particular case I have shown the segment-line 4 of a length for one ound and have indicated quarter, hall', undptllrce-qunl'tcrs of a pound and also intermediate fractions lmtwcen. The graduations 3 are graduations indicating value at dillerent prieesvpcr poundgln this custl have shown gradualions in price from twelve to twcnty-two cents per pound, skipping seventeen, nineteen, and twenty-one cent marks, which are unusual prices at which to lsell cheese. l may niark upon either edge of the plate these prices per pound; but l prefer to make the prices per pound upon the stop-bar 7, which bar is pivotcd on the fixed pivot on the base ofthe cutter and is provided with a clamping-screw J to engage thc outer cdfe of tire priceplate, so that, if desired, may 'ie removed to any desired point on the pricechart and there locked by means ol' the clamping-scrc\\'. 1U is an indicator or indictator-bar pivoted. preferably, upon the base S and extending through a. slot in the pivot over the price-chart. This indicator has marked along one edge the prices per pound, as shown at l1, these prices being arranged opposite the corresponding indication on the price-chart. This column I have headed with the mark "1 to indicate that these are the values of one pound, and beside this column I have arranged a second column, (shown at 12,) marked with the mark "2 to indicate that that is the value oi two pounds, or two reciprocations of the lever. I have also arranged beside these two columns a third column of figures, as shown at 13, giving the weights of the cheese corresponding lo the marks at 0 on the. lever G. 14 is an adjusting-bar having a slot 15, through which projects the pin 16, having the clamp ing-nut- 1? atthe upper end. This adjusting-bar has the index-point- IS, which is designed to be set opposite the figure which indicates the weight. of the Whole cheese, and in thus setting this bar the connection between the levcrG and the indicator is also set. This I accomplish by the mechamsm shown in detail in Fig. 5, and in Fig. 1. 19 is a link connecting the lever G with the indicator 1U. This link has engaged with its end the pin 20, which passes through the seg mental block '.21 and has the squared head .22 at the up er end. The pin is [rec t-o rotate or rock in t ie block 2l and in the link Il). The block 2.1 slides in a segmental slot 23 in the indicator 10, and the head '.22 slides in a straight slot 24 in the ofsct 35 on the end of the adjusting-bar 14. I have also shown the adjust ing-bar as provided with a slot 26, en gaging the pins '27, to assist in guiding it accurately in its longitudinal movement. 2S is an index-plate, having a slot 29 engaging thc pin 30, Figs. 6 and T. This index-plate is adapted to be adjusted so as to expose any desired priccper pound in the columns ll and 12, so os to point more accuri'ltcly to the price at which thc cheese is boing sold, lo assist the operator in more rcadl vfollowing the desired column or series ol' indications across the p1ircclial'|. The opcralion ol` this lcvcr and price-clulrl is as follows: The operator lirst weighs the cheeseand than llO tion of the operating-lever.

places it on the cheese-plate. lle then adjusts the plate P to the weight of the cheese, as marked on the lever G. In the drawings it is shown as adjusted to a cheese. weighing twenty pounds, and then locked in 4posit-ion hy means of thc clamping-nut l. l-Ie then loosens the clamping-nut 17 and taking hold of the small handle 31 slides the adjustingbar 14 to bring the index 18 opposite the similar weigh-t indications in the column 13. In this case he would move it opposite the 'figure '20 in the column 13. ln adjusting the bar 14 through the connect-ions described and shown in Fig. the block 21 would be moved in the slot 23 nearer to the fulcrnm or pivot 8 of the indicator, and thus vary the throw of the indicator according as the short arm of the indicator-lever is increased or diminished in length. These parts are so proportioned that after a complete reciprocation of the lever G between its limits of movement at any point of adjustment of the plate P, the adj Listing-bar 14 being adjusted to the corresponding weight indication, that the indicator l) will be moved cornpletelT across the price chart for each complete reciproca- .For instance, supposing the cheese was a twenty-pound cheese and the plate P was adjusted opposite the mark 20 and the adj listing-bar 14 had its index opposite the figure 20 and the index-plate 28 was adjust-cd opposite the columns 11 and 12 to expose the figures 20 and 40 just beneath its lower edge, if the customer desired a pound of cheese the operator would lift the case, raise the knife to the position shown in dotted lines, and then move the lever G from its left-hand limit of movement to its right-hand limit of movement, which movementwould throw the link 19, carrying the indicator 10, clear across the price-chart, and there would be indicated the figure 20" as the price of the. cheese. If the purchaser desired only threefourths of a pound, the operator would move the lever G until the indicator 10 registered with the iigurc on the lower indication on the pricplate, at which pointthe indicator would register with the figure I5 in the row of indications op Alesite the price 20, and the salesman would thus have indicated before him not onl),r the weightbut the price to he charged for the cheese which the. knife would cut ofl. In case. the purchaser desired two pounds ol cheese two reci roest-ions would he made, and the price would be. indicated in the column 12 at forty cents. The salesman might operate in another way, and that is to release the adjusting-screw 9 of the bar 7 and move that bar across the pricechart to the desired point-say, for instance., to the figure il y'--and thon loc-k the bnr in position. Then u ion operating the lever 1) it would move until the indicator l() struck the bnr 7, which would thus not. as n stop for the operating-lever and the' indicator at intermediate oims on the price-chart and give the value'o the weight with great exactness at any price 'per pound.

What l claim as my invention is 1. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of the knife, means for giving the cheese a Ipartial rotation in relation lo the knife, a pricescale for di'l'erent prices per pound, an indicator operated by 'the cheese actuating means for indicating on said price-scale the value of the cheese to he cut hy the knife, means of varying the limit of throw ol" said cheese-actuating means, and means for synchronizing said indicator with said cheese-actuating means.

f2. In a. cheese-cutter, the combination of a knife, a. cheese-plate, a lever for giving the cheese-plate a partial rotation in relmion to the knife, means for varying the limit of throw of said lever, a price-chart, an indicator operated by the lever to register upon said chart, and means for adjustin f the movementof the indicator to sync ironzc with the throw of the lever ut its di'l'erent adjustments.

3. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a knife, a. cheese-plate, a lever for `giving the cheeseilate a partial rotation in relation to the knife, means for adjusting said lever to varying distances of throw, a chartgiving the price of a eutI of cheese at different prices per pound, an indicator registering upon said chart operated b v the chcese-operatmg means, and means for causing said indicator to move a uniform distance at. the va'irious adjustments of said lever.

4. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a knife, means for giving the. cheese a partial rotation in relation to the knife, means for varying the limit. of movement of said cheeseoperating means, a pricc-cl'iart, an indicator adapted to move across said chart, and operated by the cheese-operating means, and an adjustable connection het ween the cheeseoperating means and the indicator, whereby said indicator may have a constant distance of travel for every complete throw of the cheese-operating means at any adjustl'nent thereof'.

5. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a knife, a cheese-plato, a cheese-platc-operating lever adjustable for different degrees of movement in relation to said knife, a pricecllart, an indicator therefor and a connection between said lever and said indicator adapted to give a constant. movement ot' tlu` priceindicator l'or varying degrees oi' tlu'mv ol ilul lever.

(i. ln a. cllccsc-cullcr, n. knil'c, n. chooseplntc, nA chccsc-plnlc-o wrntinp lover. mcuns for varying the limit oi l brow of tlulover in relation to the knife, n price-cimrt, un indicator, und connections between the lcvcr and indicator whereby lllc privo ol' llic picco IOO the. lever and indicator, and n radially-ar-5 ranged adjustable st.opbn r and means for securing it. at. different. points on the priceplate, for the purpose described.

8. ln n cheese-cutter the combination o( :i frame. and knife with a cheese-table, nn operating-handle to rotatethe saine and op'erg ate the indicator, a section-mclicator having a movable part, and a connection between the handle and the movable indicator part adjustable to vary their relative mot-ions.

9, In u, (-,heesecutter the combination of n frame. und knife with n. cheese-table, un op- V mating-handle to rotate the saine and opernte the indien-tor, n section-indicator hnvnn: f

a movable part, and a. connection between the handle und moval'ale indicator part, such connection pivoted to one part at a definite place and to the other by a movable pivot.

10. 1n a. obeeseecutter the combination of a frame and knife with a cheese-table, an operating-handle to rotate the same and op er nte the. indicator, asection-indicator having a movable connection able. indicator part, such connection wivotcd to the handle at a. definite place an to the. movable part by a movable pivot.

1l. In n. cheese-cutter the combination ol art, pivoted at ono point. and a i lbetween the handle and the movi n fl'ninc und linilc with n cheese-table, un op i crnting-lmndlc to rotnto the annie und operatc thc indicator, u section-indicator having eu movable part, n connection between the handle and thc movable indicator part ud- 5 justnble'to vitry their relative. motions, and a i cheese total-weight indicator with an adjustnble part und n connection therefrom tothe first. connecting.,r part.

12. 1n n chccsecntt-er the combination of a frame and knife with n. cheese-table, an operating-handle to rot nte the saine and opern-te the indicator, n section-indicator having n. movable pal-t, n connection between the handle und thc movable indicator part., such connection pivoted to one port at a definite pla-ce and to the other b v a movable pivot, i and n cheese total-weight indicator with an l adjustable part and n connection therefrom g to thc first connecting partl 13. ln a cheese-cutter the combination of i u. frame und knife with a cheese-table, an op writing-handle to rotate the. same nnd'oper ate the indicator, n section-indicator having a movable part pivotcd at one point., n con l net-tion between the handlt` and the movable Y; the handle at a definite place and to the mov able part b v e. movable pivot, and a cheese l totalvseight indicator with an adjustable i part :1nd a connection therefrom to the first. connecting part.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses. WALTER F. S'llMlSON.

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